Month: June 2004
Orange spoils cross-channel ferry fun
We don't get out much at Tech Digest, but when we do we sure know how to have a good time. An old favourite of ours used to be playing mobile phone Russian Roulette on cross-channel ferries. The game involves…
Blackberry's Euro rival targets consumers
While we love the idea of the Blackberry and especially its push e-mail systems which makes collecting messages on your phone the same as picking up your text messages, we certainly wouldn't give it its rather nasty looking devices home…
Orange SPVs reviewed
The Guardian takes a sneak peek at the two SPV smartphones from Orange, the tiny SPV C500 and the XDA 2 clone the SPV M1000. Read the reviews here…
UK music download review
Downloading music in the UK is a real nightmare at the moment. There are several competing services, which boast different tracks that are compatible with different players and charge for music in different ways. The Guardian attempts to make some…
HomeChoice review
So you don't fancy cable and you don't want to swell Mr Murdoch's coffers. Well how about TV and video on demand via an ADSL broadband line? HomeChoice, which was originally launched in 2000, is back with a revamped service…
BT slashes broadband prices
There's good and bad news for subscribers to BT's broadband services. The company announced today that it was slashing the price of its core services with its 512Kb offering reduced from £29.99 to £26.99 and its faster 1Mb connection down…
Another LG handset for Three?
It has been rumoured for some time now that Three is about to deliver yet another new LG handset. Buoyed by the success of the U8100, which for a while was the UK's best selling mobile phone, even out selling…
Orange 3G launch imminent
Big day for Orange tomorrow with the UK launch of its 3G service for consumers. The service wad due to be up and running earlier in the year, but problems with the handsets delayed its delivery. Quite what Orange will…
Sharp camera phone first with optical zoom
It is always worth keeping tabs on what Vodafone is up to in Japan, largely because what it launches there tends to find its way over to Europe a year later. So we note with interest that Sharp has unveiled…
30 hour music player
As iPod owners know all too well, use your music player for eight hours, less if you have a dodgy battery, and the screen goes blank and the earphones quiet. So we are quite impressed by the upcoming £299 iAudio…